Precious Treasures
Romantic Anniversary Ideas
Whether you've been married five or forty-five years, your anniversary is a special day. It commemorates that day when you pledged to share your life with the man or woman you love, and part of maintaining a healthy relationship requires that you recognize this day as your special day.
So take the day off, get a babysitter if you can, unplug the phone, and try one or several of these wonderful romantic anniversary ideas – or use them to stimulate romantic ideas for your anniversary celebration.
1. Massage is always one of the best starting points, and it almost always leads to a very happy ending. If you don't know how to do it, sneak out and take a class or two; it's not hard. Or you can book a room at a local spa so both of you can get massages at the same time. Keep it super-romantic: in front of the fireplace, by the pool, or overlooking a beautiful vista.
2. Do NOT invite the whole family over for a huge party unless you're both incredibly outgoing and you are CERTAIN your partner would prefer celebrating like that. Your anniversary should be kept small and intimate, preferably just the two of you.
3. Pick up a card table and chairs. Get together a white tablecloth, candles, some crystal and white china, and call the nicest restaurant you know to see if they'll give you food to take with you. Add an excellent bottle of wine. Put it all in the car, pick up your spouse, and drive out to a romantic spot to watch the sunset. You can have a perfect and civilized dinner, and then when the sun is gone, light the candles and talk until they burn all the way down. You can even play music in your car and dance in the candlelight to end the evening.
4. Buy a memory book with one page for each year you've been together. Put together a page for every year. It shouldn't be all pictures; try to include things like flowers, postcards, and other things symbolic of the year you spent together. Give this to your spouse for a special anniversary gift.
5. Whisk your spouse away to Niagara Falls or Las Vegas (or an equally romantic getaway nearby) for a quickie vow renewal elopement, and then spend the weekend in bed.
6. If you're like most people, you've lived somewhere really nice all your life and never looked at it like a visitor. Rent a jacuzzi suite in a nice hotel downtown for the weekend and pretend you're both tourists. Visit all the things you've talked about visiting but never managed to get around to.
7. Is there a place you've dreamed of traveling to, but never could? Go there – not in reality, but in your home. Decorate your dining room like an Italian trattoria, with white Christmas lights dangling from the ceiling and a red checked cloth on the table, with Belle Notte and other traditional Italian music playing, bread in a basket, etc. You can do this with any country. If you can afford to, open up a savings account to pay for a real vacation in your dream country, and present your beloved with the savings book.
8. Did you write a lot of letters when you were dating? Dig them out of their hiding places and put them together in chronological order in a book, with your favorite picture of you and your spouse together as the cover. Kinko's and most other copy places will spiral bind this for you in a clear plastic cover for cheap.
9. Make a display of yourself – show up at his or her work, looking as sexy (in a classy way) as possible, with a giant bouquet, large box of chocolates, or something equally childishly romantic. Then whisk them away for lunch, or if you can manage, for the rest of the evening and dinner. Make sure as many co-workers see you do this as possible.
10. Wake your spouse with breakfast in bed and announce that the rest of the day belongs to him or her. Do all the things you never want to do. Make a list beforehand of the things he or she has suggested and present it along with the breakfast as possible things you can do.
Want more? Click here for to find more romantic anniversary ideas: http://www.simply-romantic-ideas.com/romantic-anniversary-ideas.html Or click here for more romantic ideas: http://www.simply-romantic-ideas.com
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/marriage-articles/romantic-anniversary-ideas-430338.html
About the AuthorNicole Nicholas is an expert at teaching couples the ways of romance. She owns and operates www.simply-romantic-ideas.com and prides herself on helping couples create romantic moments and occasions.
Simply-Romantic-Ideas.com includes tips and ideas on everything romantic from gifts, travel, decorating, music, things to say, dating, poems, dinner ideas and more.
You Can Be Romantic!
Why is it that so many people believe that they don’t have time or take the initiative to be romantic? Maybe most people don’t believe that they are creative enough to be romantic.
Everyone is creative! The definition of being creative is having the ability or power to create.
The word create offers a much broader definition than most people accept when it comes to the process of being able to come upwith something original or simply well thought out.
Gifts that are considered to be traditionally romantic like candy and flowers are wonderful, but sometimes you need something that goes one step further.
If your spouse enjoys flowers, you don’t have to settle for roses because they can sometimes become unexciting after a while! Present him or her with something completely original such as a daisy or another flower where petals can be counted.
Ask him or her to play the childhood game of ‘they love me, they love me not’ and watch them pluck the petals as they go. However, don’t allow for the possibility of him or her arriving at the ‘they love me not’.
Count the petals before you present the flower to your spouse and trim it so that there is an odd number of petals for the right outcome!
Arts and crafts used to be a fun break from the monotony of the school day, but believe it or not, it will come in handy when it comes to creative romantic gestures. Instead of promising that you will love him or her forever, show them.
Take a piece of paper, ribbon or other material you choose and write “I love you” on both sides from end to end. Twist the paper 180 degrees and connect both ends of the paper until you have mad what looks like the figure eight.
Tape or glue to ends together. You can present your love with a symbol that shows them your love for them is an endless love.
Creativity comes in many different forms! Being creative can mean creating an atmosphere.
If you want to plan the ultimate romantic evening but funds are low or you simply don’t want to have to leave the house, shut down the electricity and imitate a power outage (it’s up to you whether or not you tell him or her!).
You won’t have any distractions or heat, so it is up to both of you to keep the other warm and entertain each other.
Maybe romance is on your mind, but he or she is going out of town. Did you know that people on airplanes are typically hopeless romantics?
Any flight attendant would be more than happy to make sure that your spouse receives a special present after the flight has left the ground.
Simply approach a crewmember after he or she boards the plane and they are usually more than happy to oblige a hopeless romantic like you! (You might want to make sure that the gift is unwrapped or keep it to a single rose due to heightened security.)
Creativity doesn’t have to come in the form of gifts every single time. Gestures like getting up and dancing with your spouse when a special song comes on the radio is quite creative and incredibly romantic!
Whenever the mood strikes you, allow your creative juices to flow!